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Researching “Ireland to the Wild West”

February 14, 2020

Cover of 2019 book by Marcus Paul. Click here for book information.

--by Marcus Paul

Traveling 4,000 miles to read a particular document is a fairly serious undertaking in terms of time and money. In my case, to say it was worth it is an understatement.

I had arrived at Lombard Street, Philadelphia from the UK in a very cold April. The city was bare of...

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Scholar Research, Northern Ireland, Congregations

Presbyterians, Catholics, and Northern Ireland: Glorious Revolution to Good Friday Accords

August 13, 2019

British troops break up an attack by Protestant supporters on Catholic marchers, Oct. 8, 1978, Derry/Londonderry, Ulster. Pearl Image: 148610

The conflicts that have occurred in the six counties of Northern Ireland or Ulster over the past three hundred years make up one of the most divisive and deadly ethno-religious disputes in modern history. On the surface, the conflict appears to be merely disagreement between the Catholic descendants of “native...

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Anthony

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Northern Ireland, Collections, Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers

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Researching “Ireland to the Wild West”

Presbyterians, Catholics, and Northern Ireland: Glorious Revolution to Good Friday Accords